November 2001: "Holy War Batman!"

Tribune photo by Peter Thompson

Newly arrived from Detroit, Keegan-Michael Key creates a Pakistani taxi driver who has turned his Chicago vehicle into a patriotic shrine full of flags and paraphernalia, and who answers awkward questions about his ancestry by turning up the Lee Greenwood or Neil Diamond and lip-syncing. It's a brilliant take on post- 9/11 nerves.

Newly arrived from Detroit, Keegan-Michael Key creates a Pakistani taxi driver who has turned his Chicago vehicle into a patriotic shrine full of flags and paraphernalia, and who answers awkward questions about his ancestry by turning up the Lee Greenwood or Neil Diamond and lip-syncing. It's a brilliant take on post- 9/11 nerves. (Tribune photo by Peter Thompson)

Newly arrived from Detroit, Keegan-Michael Key creates a Pakistani taxi driver who has turned his Chicago vehicle into a patriotic shrine full of flags and paraphernalia, and who answers awkward questions about his ancestry by turning up the Lee Greenwood or Neil Diamond and lip-syncing. It's a brilliant take on post- 9/11 nerves.